Economic aid - recipient:
Substantial foreign support (2001)
Currency:
gold cordoba (NIO)
Currency code:
NIO
Exchange rates:
gold cordobas per US dollar - 14.2513 (2003), 14.2513 (2002),
13.3719 (2001), 12.6844 (2000), 11.8092 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Nicaragua
Telephones - main lines in use:
171,600 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
202,800 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate system being upgraded by foreign
investment
domestic: low-capacity microwave radio relay and wire system being
expanded; connected to Central American Microwave System
international: country code - 505; satellite earth stations - 1
Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998)